Project Nimbus: How Amazon And Google Made Billions From Israel’s Occupation of Palestine
Google employees, who have been kept in the dark about the “Nimbus” AI project, have concerns about Israeli human rights abuses.
Project Nimbus: How Amazon and Google and Amazon Made Billions From Israel’s Occupation
Last October, 500 Google employees signed a letter in which they decried their company’s direct support for the Israeli government and military.
New Lawsuit: Why Do Android Phones Mysteriously Exchange 260mb A Month With Google Via Cellular Data When They’re Not Even In Use?
Ad giant sued after mobile allowances eaten by hidden transfers.
‘Stalkerware’ Phone Spying Apps Have Escaped Google’s Ad Ban
Several companies offering phone-spying apps — known as “stalkerware” — are still advertising in Google search results, despite the search giant’s ban that took effect today, TechCrunch has found.
‘Long Overdue’ Antitrust Cases Brewing Against Google at State and Federal Levels
Anti-monopoly groups are celebrating news that the Justice Department and state attorneys general are investigating online behemoth Google for possible antitrust cases.
How Google Plans to Push Its Coronavirus Tracing Feature to Android Phones
Android has a notoriously patchy update cycle, so Google is using another method to push a new coronavirus tracing feature to phones without user interaction.
The Challenge of Proximity Apps For COVID-19 Contact Tracing
As part of the nearly unprecedented societal response to COVID-19, such contact tracing apps raise difficult questions about privacy, efficacy, and responsible engineering of technology to advance public health. Above all, we should not trust any application—no matter how well-designed—to solve this crisis or answer all of these questions.
Google-Fitbit Merger Would Cement Google’s Data Empire
Google buying another tech company isn’t new. But Google’s proposed acquisition of Fitbit poses an extraordinary threat to competition and user privacy.
Keeping with its Crackdown on Alternative Voices, Google Deletes Press TV from YouTube
Press TV says the move is “part of an anti-Iran purge as the West sets its sights on regime change in Iran.”
Social Media and Social Control: How Silicon Valley Serves the US State Department
Facebook isn’t the only Silicon Valley firm with partisan oversight of what we see: the bipartisan billionaire class and their security state have partnered with tech firms since the dawn of the internet to control the parameters of users’ thinking.
Google Insider Reveals Media Bias By Tech Giant, Whom He Claims Called The Police on Him After Leaking Documents (VIDEO)
A former Google engineer has spoken on the record to say the web giant does blacklist certain news sites and has an ‘editorial agenda’. Whistleblower Zachary Vorhies decided to go public after claiming the tech giant called police in San Francisco to perform a ‘wellness check’ on him when he originally leaked files on their activity.
What is ‘Reputable’ News? YouTube Intends to Decide For You
YouTube will invest $25 million in funding “quality journalism” on its platform. The initiative aims to provide context and to promote ‘reputable’ sources, but it’s unclear as to what that entails.
Selfish Ledger: Leaked video reveals Google’s vision of ‘total data collection’
A leaked internal video from Google portrays the company’s vision of “total data collection.”
Google Admits to Collaboration With U.S. Military On Its Illegal Drone Assassination Program
Google’s TensorFlow AI systems are being used by the US Department of Defense’s Project Maven, which was established in July last year to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to identify and analyze objects in the vast amount of footage captured by US drones.
Comcast & Verizon Lobbying FCC To Block States on Net Neutrality
Comcast and Verizon are demanding telecom regulators to ensure that the FCC’s rollback on net neutrality will overrule any state and local regulatory attempts to preserve internet freedom.